Senior Business Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Map the entire brokerage operations from start to finish, including broker onboarding, account management, trade clearing and settlement, custody, record-keeping, financing, corporate actions, transfers, exceptions, and reporting.

• Establish target operating models and capability designs, encompassing platform functionalities, manual processes, controls versus features, and capabilities specific to Canada versus those that can be used globally.

• Convert regulatory and operational requirements into product specifications.

• Develop epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, edge cases, process diagrams, capability matrices, requirement specifications, data and field definitions, state machines, exception catalogs, RACI documents, and decision logs.

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering to prioritize MVP, launch, and scaling efforts.

• Work across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Compliance to translate business requirements into actionable scope and to escalate unresolved decisions.

• Conduct workshops, interviews with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), platform gap analyses, and reviews of peer operating models.

• Design processes for straight-through processing, establish rules, automation, and AI-assisted exception handling.

• Maintain a requirements backlog aligned with ACCC milestones, risks, and pending decisions.

• Lead structured discovery initiatives for Canadian brokerage operations covering accounts, trading, clearing, settlement, custody, and asset servicing.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, finance, or an equivalent field.

• Over 8 years of experience as a business architect, business analyst, consultant, or in product operations within brokerage, clearing, custody, or capital markets.

• Proficient in translating brokerage operational processes and regulatory standards into product terminology.

• Strong analytical skills in structured analysis: flows, entities, states, exceptions, controls, and understanding the implications of missing steps.

• Exceptional writing abilities: creating specifications, diagrams, and decisions that can be acted upon by others.

• A team player who works well with Ops SMEs, PMs, Engineering, and Compliance.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills spanning operations, product, engineering, and compliance.

• Enthusiastic about establishing Canadian brokerage operations.

• Comfortable working as a senior individual contributor reporting directly to the President.

• Nice-to-have: experience with carrying, self-clearing, or custody builds.

• Nice-to-have: experience as a Canadian dealer, carrying broker, or introducing broker.

• Nice-to-have: previous exposure to business or enterprise/solution architecture in capital markets.

• Nice-to-have: familiarity with CDS or Canadian settlement workflows.

• Nice-to-have: experience with registered accounts or Canadian tax requirements (TFSA, RRSP, RESP).

• Nice-to-have: background in API or platform brokerage products.

• Nice-to-have: experience in a fintech, startup, or greenfield launch environment.

• Nice-to-have: regular use of Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT for drafting specifications, synthesizing discovery, and conducting gap analysis.

• Nice-to-have: experience in shaping greenfield capability roadmaps with executive sponsors.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options

• Health Benefits

• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card